Brake-beam hanger.



PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906. M. LINTON. BRAKE BEAM HANGER. APPLIOATIOR FILED M11. a. 1906 I. I W, W M

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS LINTON, OF MOORESTOWhL NEW JERSEY, ASSlGNOR TO BURNHAM, WILLIAMS 6% COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANL'A, A FIRM.

BRAKE-BEAM HANGER.

Specification oi Letters Patent.

Patented March 13, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mounts LINTON, s citizen of the United States, residing at Moorestown, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Brake-Beam Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in hangers for the brake-beams of railway-cars.

The object of my invention is to take up any lost motion so that the brekebeem will not become loose and rattle. This object I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is an end View of s brake-beam, showing the hanger, the frame of the cartruck being in section; and Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2, l.

In the present instance, A is a portion of the frame of e car-truck.

Bis a bearing-block secured to the frame by bolts 6 b.

C is a broke-beam, and D is the brake-shoe secured to the beam hyrivets c or other suitable devices. The beam can be of any shape desired and can be secured to the shoe in any manner without departing from the main feature of the invention.

E E are two links connecting the brakeshoe with the block B. A screw-bolt I passes through the upper end of the links E and through an opening I) in the block, and s. screw-bolt G sses through the lower portion of the and through the wings (I d of the brake-shoe D. Mounted on the screwb'olt F are conical sleeves ff, and the openin b in the block B is countersunk at each on b. The holes 6 in the links E are also countersunk, so as to fit the tapered sleeves f f. The screw-bolt F haseheedf at one end and in the present instance a nut f 2 and join-nut f 3 at the opposite end. Washers are placed between the head of the bolt and one of the links and between the nut f and one of thelinks, so that when the nut is turned the links are drawn toward the block B in order to confine the conical sleeves between the block and the links, taking up all lost motion, but allowing the links to freely swing. The same construction is used in coupling the links to the brake-shoe D.

On the screw-bolt Gare loose sleeves beveled at each side, as shown in Fig. 2, and these beveled sleeves fit the countersunk openings d in the brake-shoe and the countersunk openings 2 in the links. The screwbolt has a head 9 at one end, and on the opposite end of the bolt are nuts g g, so that on turning the nuts the lost motion can be reedily taken up, and the brake-shoe will always remain in the central the block 13. s

I have only illustrated one side of scartruck, showing one brake-beam hanger; but it will be understood that there is a brakebeein hanger at each side of the truck, end while I prefer to connect the links directly to the shoe in some instances they may be connected to a bracket on the beam at one side of the shoe.

It will be seen that I can readily take up any lost motion which may occur owing to the weer of the parts and can readily repair any breakage by simply removing one or both of the bolts, and as there are no intricote ports the repairs can be-made quickly and without muc expense.

In some instances the conical sleeves me be mounted at one end only of the links, a.

position in respect to though I prefer to mount them at each pivotpoint.

In the claims I have used the term brakebeem" to include the entire strncturethat is. t beam and the breke-shoe-snd where e is nots ecificslly mentioned the term is broad enoug 1 to include either connecting the links to the brekeshoe or to a rejection at one side of the shoe, as described above.

I cle-im 1. The combination in a brake-beam hanger, of a bearing, a brake-beam, links connectmg the two, a bolt passing through the links and one of the parts, conical-sleeves on the bolt, the parts being recessed to receive the sleeves, substantially as described 2. The combination in a brake-beam hanger, of a bearing, a brake-beam hung therefrom, links connecting the bear-in 'With the beam, a boltpessing through the lin and one of the parts, conical sleeves on the bolt between the links and one of the ports, and means for drawing the links and sleeves toword a central part, substantially as described.

3. The combination in a brakebeam hanger, of a bearing, a brake-beam, links connectmg the brake-beam with the bearing, a transverse bolt passin through the bearing and the links, conical s eeves mounted on the bolts, the opening in the bearing and the openings in the links being countersunk for the reception of the sleeves, substantially as described.

4. The combination in a brake beam han er, of a bearing, a brake-beam, links exten ing from the brake-beam to the bearing, openings in each end of each link, a trans verse opening in the bearing and a transverse opening in the brake-beam, bolts adapted to said openings, and conical sleeves mounted on the bolts and resting in countersunk portions of the bearing, brake-beam and links, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a brake-beam 2o hanger, of a bearing having an opening therein countersunk at each end, a brake-beam, a brake-shoe mounted thereon, countersunk openings in the brake-shoe, links extending from the bearing to the brake-shoe, said links having countersunk openings in each end,

bolts passing through the openings in the links, one bolt assmg through the bearing and the other b0 t passing through the openin in the shoe, two conical sleeves on each bo t arranged to fit the countersunk openings in the arts, and nuts on the bolts for taking up the 0st motion, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MORRIS LINTON.

Witnesses:

LEON P. THOMAS, EDWARD JAMES ABBOTT. 

